IDUKKI: Two of the five sluices of the Idukki dam, opened after a gap of 26 years on Thursday, were ordered to be closed by the Kerala government on Monday after the water at the reservoir came down to the "safe" level.

SRC Community College under the State Resource Centre has invited applications for various paramedical certificate courses.Pharmacy assistant, ophthalmic assistant, and dental assistant are the courses offered.

KOCHI: Southern Naval Command (SNC) has been undertaking an extensive and continuous operation from August 7, to locate the missing fishermen of the ill-fated fishing vessel Oceanic which was hit by an unknown merchant ship, a Defence statement said on Sunday.

ALAPPUZHA: A woman and her daughter were found drowned in a waterlogged paddy field at Ponga, near Nedumudy. The dead were identified as Dolly, 47, of Chemmanagadu, Nedumudy, and her daughter Siji, 20.

KOCHI: The investigation wing of Income Tax quizzed Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, in connection with the controversial property transactions conducted by the Church.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A court on Thursday found three persons guilty in the murder of a youth, Syed Ali, in Chala eight years ago. Sajeer alias Habeer, 29, and his brother Rafeeq, 24, of Sulaiman Street and Hussain Abbas, 25, of Puthen Road in Vallakkadavu, were found guilty by Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court – VI judge P.N. Seetha of murdering Syed Ali (22) of Vallakkadavu in Ruby Nagar, Chala, on September 6, 2010. The sentence will be pronounced on August 13.

KOCHI: The police have launched a probe into the recovery of a woman’s body from a drainage in the city. The body of Shailaja, 44, of Alappuzha, was found underneath the broken slabs of a major drainage that runs parallel to Banerjee road Thursday morning.

KANNUR: Two persons were killed in a landslip after heavy rain lashed Karikottakari in this district on Wednesday. According to sources, the dead have been identified as Thomas (75) and his daughter-in-law Shyni John (40) of Keezhanghanam near Karikottakiri.

KOCHI: Even as attempts were still on to trace the nine fishermen missing after a mid-sea collision, authorities have intercepted the ships that were present near the fishing vessel at the time of the accident.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court dismissed the plea by the state government for cancelling the bail granted by the Ettumanoor First Class Magistrate Court to two police officers arrested on the charge of taking bribe from an accused in a case relating to the alleged honour killing of Kevin P Joseph of Kottayam.

KALPETTA: Two motorcycle-borne youths were killed and another was injured when their vehicle skidded on the Kozhikode -Kollegal National Highway-212 at Muttil in the district in the early hours of Tuesday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The SAT Hospital here has become the first public sector hospital in the State with a Reproductive Medicine department and a modern fertility clinic which offer IVF and various ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) treatment options.